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The 2026 World Sailing Annual Conference and World Sailing Awards will be held in Qingdao, known as China’s sailing capital, in the Shandong Province from 16-21 November 2026.

On Friday 12th the Class association offered a free coaching session to class members, run by class stalwart, John “Titch” Wayling, with the help of Legend – Will Gulliver and Class Chair Rob Cook.

The 73rd Loro Piana Giraglia offshore race started today at noon, sending the fleet on one of the Mediterranean’s great classic courses from Saint-Tropez to Genoa via the Giraglia Rock.

With six weeks still to go until the initial entry deadline, some forty teams from ten nations including the UK, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA have already confirmed their intention to race.

Monday 15th June marked the close of entries for the 44th Copa del Rey Mapfre. Once again, the Mediterranean’s premier sailing regatta has met participation expectations, with six highly competitive classes and more than 100 registered teams.

I’ve attended a couple of X-Yachts Gold Cups in Denmark, one in Aarhus and one in Haderslev, which has been the obvious location for the Danish boatyard to host events, but the yachts, and their sailors, have naturally ventured further afield.

Vassiliki, Greece, is famous for its clockwork conditions. Every summer afternoon, like a reliable training partner, ‘Eric’ arrives. This local thermal cross-shore wind builds smoothly, offering the perfect high-octane test track.

Nine boats arrived at Bartley S.C. in the strong wind conditions that Bartley is becoming famous for. With gusts hitting thirty miles an hour, Chris Martin O.D. gave the briefest of briefings and sent us to our fates.

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Day 2 of our National 12 River and Dales Weekend was held at Yorkshire Dales SC. After the battering the fleet had received on the river at Yorkshire Ouse SC the day before, we were looking forward to something a little more sailable.